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Earthquake-resistant or aseismic structures are designed to protect buildings to some or greater extent from earthquakes. While no structure can be entirely impervious to earthquake damage, the goal of earthquake engineering is to erect structures that fare better during seismic activity than their conventional counterparts.
The shinbashira (心柱, also 真柱 or 刹/擦 satsu) [1] is a central pillar at the core of a pagoda or similar structure. The shinbashira has long been thought [2] to be the key to the Japanese pagoda's notable earthquake resistance, when newer concrete buildings may collapse.
The twin towers that were part of the original World Trade Center in New York City, New York until 2001 are also very iconic, although infamous due to the September 11 attacks. Twin towers also recur in Chinese construction, where, while the structures still representing a relative rarity, architects and engineers have developed novel ...
In the wake of last week's devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan, prospective home buyers may be asking themselves what about a house makes it more able to weather a natural disaster. There ...
Earthquake engineering is an interdisciplinary branch of engineering that designs and analyzes structures, such as buildings and bridges, with earthquakes in mind. Its overall goal is to make such structures more resistant to earthquakes.
Model of the seismically protective wooden structure, the "gaiola pombalina" (pombaline cage), developed for the reconstruction of Lisbon. A gaiola pombalina (Pombaline cage; Portuguese pronunciation: [ɡɐjˈjɔlɐ]) is a masonry building reinforced with an internal wooden cage, developed as an anti-seismic construction system in Portugal after the 1755 Lisbon earthquake and implemented ...
Seismic codes or earthquake codes are building codes designed to protect property and life in buildings in case of earthquakes. The need for such codes is reflected in the saying, "Earthquakes don't kill people—buildings do." Or in expanded version, "Earthquakes do not injure or kill people. Poorly built manmade structures injure and kill ...
From shoddy construction to a lack of oversight, Turkey’s construction market can be a Wild West. Borzou Daragahi speaks to architects and industry insiders about the calls for action that went ...